#BB5D35#BB5D35

#BB5D35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.133 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D35
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 34.90, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 52.84, 48.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0979 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.133 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0528, 18.6535, 5.6487)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D35 #3593BB

analogous

#BB3550 #BB5D35 #BBA035

triadic

#BB5D35 #35BB5D #5D35BB

tetradic

#BB5D35 #50BB35 #3593BB #A035BB

square

#BB5D35 #50BB35 #3593BB #A035BB

split-complementary

#BB5D35 #35BBA0 #3550BB

monochromatic

#5C2E1A #8B4527 #BB5D35 #D17F5C #DEA58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D35

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D35	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.133 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6e',
    500: '#bb5d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d35;
$custom-light: #d68d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.91,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58446,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D35

secondary

#83B4C9

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D35

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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